Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following is NOT a guaranteed freedom of the first
amendment?
a. | obscenity | c. | press | b. | speech | d. | assembly |
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Which of the following does the Student Press Law Center suggest to do to avoid
a libel suit?
a. | recheck facts | c. | use good judgment | b. | be fair | d. | all of the
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What did the principals prohibit students to wear in the court case Tinker vs.
Des Moines?
a. | shorts | c. | hats | b. | armbands | d. | T-shirts |
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What do school boards have the authority to decide after the Court's
decision on Bethel vs. Fraser?
a. | mature conduct | c. | offensive speech | b. | indecent behavior | d. | lewd content |
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What subjects were discussed in the newspaper articles that were objected to by
officials at Hazelwood School?
a. | alcohol abuse and teen pregnancy | c. | divorce and teen
pregnancy | b. | child abuse and date rape | d. | divorce and drug abuse |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | obscenity | f. | retraction | b. | fighting words | g. | libel | c. | invasion of
privacy | h. | censorship | d. | plagarizing | i. | gag rule | e. | slander | j. | private sources |
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materials that offend community standards and lack artistic purpose
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copying a sentence from Newsweek magazine and not citing the
source
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false or damaging information
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using confidential medical records without the person's consent
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racial, ethnic, gender or religious insults
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removal of material by an authority
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necessary, but occasionally embarrassing for the newspaper staff
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a spoken falsehood
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restrict what the public can know about sensitive legal issues
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information from someone who refuses to be quoted
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